Music In The Time Of The Great War
The first part of the three-part documentary Music, War and Revolution focuses on the enthusiasm for the war in the musical world: when musicians and composers became fervent patriots and soldiers. How did the composers and musicians handle these times of war? How did their experiences at the battlefront affect their composing? What do the compositions reveal of this era and its spirit, beliefs and artistic changes of this age?
Music, War and Revolution – A three-part documentary series
When the First World War broke out in 1914, the musical world did not remain unaffected. Artists inevitably became involved, either as soldiers at the front or as composers of patriotic music or of musical memorials to a lost world. The three-part documentary series Music in Times of War and Revolution explores known and unknown as well as obvious and hidden connections between music, revolution and war.Beginning with what led to this great human tragedy, each episode addresses different perspectives of the relationship between war and politics.
A production of: | Accentus Music |
In collaboration with: | WDR |
Supported by: | Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung |
In association with: | Arte |
Directed by: | Andreas Morell |
Duration: | 54 minutes |
Format: | Full HD 16:9 |
Year: | 2014/15 |